Smith, J. C., connection with gold mines in Idaho, 253
Smith, Jedediah, American trapper thought to have taught religion to Indians, 137
Smith, William, mate on Albatross, 109
Snake River, orchards of, 316;
heat, 317;
irrigation systems of, 317;
Shoshone Falls of, 317
Snow-peaks, general group of, 353;
zones of, 370-372
Snickster, adventure in Steptoe expedition, 228
Sowles, Capt. Cornelius, character of, 116
Spain, connection with Oregon exploration, 48;
downfall, 48-49;
settlement of California, 49;
favouring conditions for exploration, 50;
conflict with England over Nootka, 62;
character of claims to Oregon, 180
Spalding, Rev. H. H., in Oregon as missionary, 147;
his traits of character, 148;
among Nez Percés, 151;
first printing press west of Rocky Mountains, 152
Spalding, Mrs. H. H., characteristics, 148
Speelyei, Indian god, struggle with Wishpoosh, 8-9;
creates Indian tribes, 9
Spencer Chas. D., steamer on Columbia, 248
Spokane, remarkable character as a city, 315;
water power of Falls, 315;
grandeur as spectacle, 315;
railway system, 316
Spokane House, location of, 315
Spotted Eagle, remarkable speech, 223
Star of Oregon, schooner built on Willamette River, 166;
trip to San Francisco, 167
Stark, Benjamin, in steamboat business, 236
Statesman, Washington, extracts in regard to Idaho mines, 255-256
Stehekin River, cañon of, 303;
Rainbow Falls of, 305;
Horseshoe Basin of, 306
Steptoe, Col. E. J., dissension with Stevens, 223;
fort at Walla Walla, 224;
disastrous expedition to Spokane, 225 et seq.
Stevens, Hazard, account of Walla Walla Council, 215
Stevens, I. I., appointed Governor of Washington, 213;
makes treatise, 213;
Council at Walla Walla, 214;
goes to northern country to make treaties, 215;
describes Kamiakin, 216;
makes treaty with Flatheads, 218;
returns to Olympia, 221;
organises volunteers, 222;
second Council at Walla Walla, 222;
trouble with Steptoe, 223;
trouble with Wool, 224;
battle at Walla Walla, 224;
reconnaissance for railroad in 1853, 260
Sticcus, Indian guide of immigrants, 172;
tries to save the Whitman Mission, 206
Stuart, David, founding of Fort Okanogan, 121
Stump, Capt. T. J., on first steamer down Tumwater Falls, 242
Sturgis, profits of fur-trade, 103
Sutter, Captain, connection with discovery of gold, 250
Swan, data on income of furs, 103
Swift, Jonathan, placing of Gulliver near the coast of Oregon, 47
T
“Takhoma, Mt.,” origin of name, 32
Tallapus, Indian deity, 33
Tamahas, part in Whitman massacre, 206, 212
Tamsaky, in Whitman massacre, 206;
killed, 212
Taylor, Captain, part in battle of Pine Creek, 226
Telaukait, part in Whitman massacre, 206
Tenino, the steamer, value of its business, 239
Tetons, Three, first seen by Hunt party, 81
Thompson, David, crossing the continent, 106;
at Astoria, 121;
remains of his fort on Lake Windermere, 282
Thompson, R. R., builds steamer Colonel Wright, 235
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